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Best photos of the month, May 2017.

Little Crake | Evgeniy Sofronov | 9

Northern Black Grouse | Galina Katanova | 8

Common Kestrel | Oksana Raldugina | 8

Menetries Warbler | Alexander Yakovlev | 7

Corncrake | Evgeniy Sofronov | 7

Willow Warbler | Andrei Kiselev | 6

Ortolan Bunting | Evgeniy Sofronov | 6

Common Kingfisher | Evgeniy Sofronov | 6

Corncrake | Evgeniy Sofronov | 6

Ring Ouzel | Anna Golubeva | 5

Eurasian Honey-Buzzard | Anna Golubeva | 5

Spotted Flycatcher | Igor Shcherbakov | 5

Isabelline Wheatear | Oksana Raldugina | 5

Collared Pratincole | Oksana Raldugina | 5

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Alexander Yakovlev | 4

Common Cuckoo | Anna Golubeva | 4

Hybrid (Red-head x Black-head) Bunting | Anna Golubeva | 4

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Anna Golubeva | 4

Song Thrush | Ekaterina Zvereva | 4

Long-eared Owl | Andrei Kiselev | 4

Common Raven | Dmitry Pozharsky | 4

Pied Flycatcher | Dmitry Pozharsky | 4

Bluethroat | Dmitry Pozharsky | 4

Red-footed Falcon | Andrey Semenov | 4

Citrine Wagtail | Dmitry Khrushchev | 4

Eurasian Penduline Tit | Oksana Raldugina | 4

Red-footed Falcon | Andrey Semenov | 4

Isabelline Wheatear | Oksana Raldugina | 4

Northern Black Grouse | Galina Katanova | 4

rare birds records


Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

© Khasan Zhurtov
2026-01-09
Maiskiy,KBR



European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)

© Natalia Savranska
2026-01-06
Pantaivka

First winter record of the European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)


Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

© Alexandr Balaev
2025-10-24
Москва, Царицынские пруды

According to available data, this is the third observation of the species in Russia and the first photo on the website. The gull was discovered by E. Shmeleva on 23 October 2025, in Moscow at the Tsaritsyno Ponds. For the first time, the Ring-billed Gull, which inhabits North America and regularly visits Europe, was tracked by a tracker to Nizhny Novgorod in 2022, where its nesting with a Common Gull was recorded. The following year, it was also found there.


Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)

© Yury Podverbny
2025-09-18

Очень редкий гнездящийся и транзитно-мигрирующий в Беларуси вид. Кроме транзитной миграции, возможны залёты на территорию страны вне сезона гнездования.

unidentified birds


2026-01-13

Сергей Л. Волков: Серебристая чайка, к лету 3 года, скорее всего, будет, в крыльях еще детские перья есть.

2025-12-25

Наталія Драбина: Чернь морська чи чубата?

more unidentified birds...